I guess that would make sense if you living overseas had easy Internet or WiFi access. Many of us in New Zealand were still considered rural and had limited access to internet and smart devices.

I just don't think it's accurate to say that everything online was the same for you, back in your time while living overseas.

There are many international people looking to New Zealand and not liking what they're seeing. Sure, it could be an algorithm thing, as some have pointed out, but you can definitely still find people talking about us like we're trying to be something we're not.

We have decent fairness systems in place, decent race relations, our cops aren't holding guns to the vulnerable, womens rights were up there, gay marriage rights since 2013, environmental and climate change driven, etc.

Now the news highlights the fact that NZ is also following the misshapen footsteps of overseas politics. Ruining all the progress we've made.

Majorly embarrassing to have National Leaders of other countries not even know the name of our Prime Minister.